The freeholder of the Croydon Citiscape apartment block, which is linked to the property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz, has said it is not obliged to fund the works, while the management company is arguing leaseholders should pay.

Plans to build 81 flats on the site of run-down former factory have been given the go-ahead by Nottingham City Council.
Maryland Securities has been granted planning permission to build the first 81 apartments of a planned 310-home development on the grounds of the Forest Mill office block on Alfreton Road.

A developer who built a six-storey block of 34 flats without planning permission has been handed a record fine.
Yusuf Sarodia, director of Garland Development, was fined £710,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 costs.